58 Almost There...

With the addition of Shuhang into to the group, there aren't enough room to fit everyone into the HMMWV at once. This leads to Shuhang permanently taking to the roof of the vehicle which is currently cruising through the city. Oh yeah. Their current destination seems to be Saya's house as it was the closest compared to everyone else's.

Taking a spot on his laps were little the loli, Alice, and her dog Zeke. Joining him on the roof on lookout duty was Saeko along with Kohta who's situated himself in HMMWV's open hatch.

As for the reason Alice is sitting with Shuhang this time around... apparently she just wanted to know more about himself as he was one the group know the least about.

"So you're in college, big bro?" asked Alice in wonder.

"Mhm. First year of the engineering department." answered Shuhang even as his hands continued to draw low level Talismans onto a notepad.

"That's awesome!... what's en-jen... en..." exclaimed little Alice before trying to and failed to say the word. At that, both teens on the roof and Shuhang just chuckled at her. Before Shuhang could tell Alice the correct way to pronounce it however, her stomach rumbled loudly as if an ancient monster had awoken from its long slumber. This of course earned a little blush from her and a pat to the head from Shuhang.

"Hungry? Here you go." said Shuhang before a round looking 'pill' appeared in hand.

"Thanks big bro! But what is it? It looks like a jewel..." asked Alice as she stared at what Shuhang just gave her. The little dog Zeke let out a bark at the sight of the 'pill' as if it also wanted one for itself.

(Hm... animals truly does have the better intuition than humans. It can actually sense that it's something 'good' for it...) thought Shuhang in interest. Since he pretty much got a factory producing the stuff endlessly, Shuhang doesn't really mind giving one to Zeke as well.

"Hm. It's protein candy." said Shuhang as if he were one of those strange uncles trying to trick little girls with 'candy'. Then with another wave of his hand, another 'candy' appeared in Shuhang's hand which was then given to the little dog, Zeke. It barely had a chance to leave his hand before Zeke gobbled the 'candy' up as if it were the most delicious thing in the world.

Alice on the hand, didn't question it any further once she heard 'candy' as she also ate hers' as well. The 'candy' thing that Shuhang just gave out were of course the 'Dragon Pellet' produced by the lotuses in his inner world.

Once the pellet finishes transforming Alice completely... she'd be able to start cultivating almost right away considering her age. That is if she decides to come with Shuhang once he leaves this world of course. Even if she doesn't... this new bloodline of hers would definitely help her survive, maybe even thrive in this post apocalyptic world. As for giving one to Zeke... well it's so that he can become a better protector for Alice of course. Plus, Doudou version 2.0...

"Big bro. This candy is weird. It doesn't taste like anything...